My New Minimalist Website

Dan Steven Erickson
3 min readAug 19, 2021

My new website is up and running.

No, the site isn’t about minimalism, but the design is minimalist in nature. I chose a StudioPress theme with beautiful typography. I’m staying away from stock photography. I’m keeping things simple. And it’s not really a blog.

Okay, it’s a little more bloggy than I’d planned. My initial vision was a site that simply showcased samples of my writing and music. But then I wrote a short essay, and that led to another one, etc. What can I say, I’m a writer.

The difference between the new site and anything else I’ve done on the Internet is that I’m writing shorter, simpler articles, maybe even blurbs. The titles are also very short. It goes against all traditional blogging advice but I don’t care. My goal is to become a better writer, not a better blogger.

Below you’ll find the initial post from the new www.danstevenerickson.com website.

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2021–08–01 by Dan Steven Erickson

If you’ve followed my writing and musical journey, you know that I’ve made a lot of topical and creative changes over the past ten years. I’ve owned and operated at least ten blogs covering almost as many topics. It’s funny how life works, but everything has been leading to this, a new kind of website, a reflection of who I really am. It’s…

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